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After selecting the anthem's lyrics, Ōyama then asked Fenton to create the melody. After being given just two [13] to three weeks to compose the melody, and only a few days to rehearse, Fenton debuted the anthem before the Japanese Emperor in 1870. [12] This was the first version of "Kimigayo".
"Battōtai" (抜刀隊, Drawn-Sword Regiment) is a Japanese gunka composed by Charles Leroux with lyrics by Toyama Masakazu in 1877. Upon the request of the Japanese government, Leroux adapted it along with another gunka, "Fusōka" (Song of Fusang), into the military march Japanese Army March [] in 1912.
"Umi Yukaba" later became popular among the military, especially with the Imperial Japanese Navy. As set to music in 1937 by Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, Nobutoki Kiyoshi) it became popular during and also after World War II. After Japan surrendered in 1945, "Umi Yukaba" and other gunka were banned by the Allied occupation forces.
Ōyama was well versed in Japanese and Chinese literature, and agreed to find a suitable Japanese poem that could be set to music. Ōyama chose a 10th-century poem that prayed for the longevity of the Lord, usually assumed to be the Emperor. [2] These words became the anthem's lyrics. [3]
After selecting the anthem's lyrics, Ōyama then asked Fenton to create the melody. This was the first version of Kimigayo , which was discarded because the melody "lacked solemnity." [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In 1880, the Imperial Household Agency adopted the current melody of Kimigayo , and the government formally adopted Kimigayo as the national anthem ...
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Played by the Imperial Japanese Navy Band in 1937. The Gunkan kōshinkyoku ( 軍艦行進曲 , Warship March ) is a Japanese march composed in 1897 by Tokichi Setoguchi . It was the official march of the Imperial Japanese Navy and is the official march of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
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